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I tend to think of yang and yin in terms of hexagrams 1 and 2 - heaven/earth, creative/receptive, so part of the distinction is between having the idea and making it real. When I receive 32.5, I'd actually be asking myself whether I was being more 'mature woman' or 'young man' in the particular situation my question was about. Not such a useful approach when it's a birth reading. How did you calculate that, and are you finding it helpful?
thanks for elaborating Frank . . I like 32 myself, it's good to know that amidst the changes some things are lasting, though 32.5 as I read it can be a tight balance . .
Just wanted to add that my tree imagery was not meant as what Yi texts say but the schematic way I found to figure out the line . .
The idea of a 'stable orbit' for 32 describes it well. Another is the idea of inscribing a circle around what you want to 'fix' into your life, like (borrowing example from LiSe) ploughing a furrow round a city, or drawing a circle to contain a ritual, or come to that the habit of writing your name with that of your young love and drawing circles round and round the two names!
I see 32.5 as denoting the necessary personal energy, which needs to be contributed in order to maintain momentum. One can have the impression that momentum continues by itself, but that is only half true, the half which balances force with release of force. Thus throwing, as it were, the object into orbit. I view line 5 as this throwing power, or thrust, essential to keeping it going.
ok, that was great . . it's like a balance between centripetal and centrifugal tendencies (centripetal=yin centrifugal=yang?)
that's something I often have trouble with cause it can feel like moving towards two different directions at once brickwall and it takes a lot of practice -for me at least- to satisfy both directions without blocking any one
. . uhmm it's easier to just keep on just one side of it I guess
or else, as Hilary mentioned in her first post, this line may be a constant reminder to check if one of the two sides is being neglected . .
and with this I have to go back and re-read this thread . .
Hi Dora,
it needs to develop its own inner gyroscope and as it goes from an open Yin space to its own Yang focus find direction from Inner Source.
Best regards,
Frank
Dear Dora:thank you Hilary
have 32.5 as my birth hexagram and still trying to understand it . .
mostly I think of it as yin elements constant, like roots and trunk of tree
yang elements flexible and elastic like branches according to weight, but this new take gave me a different point of view . .
This Dynaflex gyro ball is a neat example of 32. You control the amount of speed and torque. It requires an equal amount of releasing as it does generating force.
http://www.rei.com/product/787691
These are really great, btw, for various arm, wrist, hand or finger ailments, or just tone up and strengthening arms and grip. You control the speed and torque; it gets surprisingly difficult to hold onto for long, if you push it, but you can also find sweet spots where it requires very little actual force. You switch hands while the momentum is strong enough to keep going, and going, and going. It's a nice meditative tool too, acting similarly to a prayer wheel.
I wonder what you mean that this can act as a meditative tool, similar to a prayer wheel?
Nothing terribly deep or traditionally spiritual. Just that by physically creating the repetitive circular motion, it induces a mind clearing and self perpetuating effect. It's a balance of opposites, which has the effect of balancing ones meridian. Half of the force is you turning the wheel, while the other half is the wheel turning you. You're the one holding the the stick. But if you're holding the stick, who is observing it?
om mani padme hum, around and round we go
I regress. One could call it a meditative or just a hypnotic effect, though they're not the same thing. As with meditation, he can fall asleep or wake up.
Clarity,
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